<html><head><title>dump database</title><meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True"></head><body>Makes a backup of a database including the transaction log.<br><br><b>dump</b> <b>database</b> database <b>to</b> [<b>compress</b>::[compression_level::]] dump_device [<b>at</b> backup_server] [<a href="q307466.html">dump to tape options</a>, <b>dumpvolume</b> = volume_name, <b>file</b> = file] [<a href="q307465.html">stripe options</a>] [<b>with</b> { <b>compression</b> = "compression_level", <b>passwd</b> = "password", <a href="q307466.html">dump to tape options</a>, <b>dumpvolume</b> = volume_name, <b>file</b> = file, [<b>dismount</b> | <b>nodismount</b>], [<b>nounload</b> | <b>unload</b>], <b>retaindays</b> = number_days, [<b>noinit</b> | <b>init</b>], <b>notify</b> = {<b>client</b> | <b>operator_console</b>}}]</body></html>